A Road to Nowhere: Arunachal Students Give Government 15 Days to Fix Strategic Border Highway or Face Protests

A Road to Nowhere: Arunachal Students Give Government 15 Days to Fix Strategic Border Highway or Face Protests

The potholes are getting deeper, the patience is running out — and now, student bodies in Arunachal Pradesh have had enough. “Not a Single Promise Kept Since Independence” Two prominent student organisations — the Basar Area Students Union (BASU) and Jigo Yegi Student Union — came together under a Joint Action Committee (JAC) on August … Read more

Arunachal Governor Sits Down With Army’s 4 Corps Chief — And Border Security Was the Only Agenda

Arunachal Governor Sits Down With Army's 4 Corps Chief — And Border Security Was the Only Agenda

When the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh calls in the General Officer Commanding of one of India’s most strategically positioned Army corps for a face-to-face meeting, you know the conversation isn’t about small talk. On Monday, July 6, Governor K. T. Parnaik met Lt Gen Neeraj Shukla, GOC of the 4 Corps, at the Lok Bhavan … Read more

When Roads Disappear, the Sky Becomes the Only Road — Arunachal Airlifts Hope to Flood-Stranded Villages

Twelve villages. No bridges. No road. And a helicopter carrying the last line of hope. That’s the ground reality in Lower Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh right now, where flash floods and massive landslides triggered by heavy rainfall have cut off remote communities from the rest of the state. The Arunachal Pradesh government didn’t wait … Read more